Window



Jan. 25, 1938. .1. 1.. SODERBERG WINDOW 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 101936 J .-L.Sode rberg M (Ittomeg Fig. 2.

Patented Jan. 25, 1938 UNITED STATES WINDOW John L. Soderberg, Omaha,Nebr.

Application June 10,

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to an improved window and has for anobject to provide a structure which can be assembled at a mill andplaced in the window opening of a wall with a minimum of expense.

Another object is to provide a window sash which may be readily openedfor ventilating and in which the ventilating draft may be directedupward into a room.

A further object is to provide a structure which is completely weatherstripped and which carries a fixed screen outside of the window.

Still further objects include a double pane window the innermost ofwhich may be removed for cleaning; the complete construction of a windowprior to insertion in the wall so that danger of injuringthe. window inattaching to the wall is minimized.

With the foregoing and other objects in view. the invention will be morefully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed outin the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several Views.

Figure l is a transverse vertical section taken 4 through the wall andwindow.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is an elevation of the outer side of the window.

The present invention is designed as an improvement over the usual formof two sash window which because of the relative movability of the partswas diflicult or impossible to seal. It involves a structure of windowwhere the movable sash is hinged rather than slidably mounted so thatthe counter-weight systems and side weight boxes in a casement are notneeded. The elimination of these parts makes it possible to provide forcomplete structure and assembly of the window at a mill.

The double pane here employed will be seen to be a decided improvementover the practice of attaching storm sash such as practiced in the priorart. Here the second pane is inserted right into the frame of the windowand removably held by a simple structure. The bottom hinged sash is alsoof great advantage in that it permits directing a ventilating drafteither directly into the room, by complete opening of the sash, or anyamount of draft may be directed upward into the room by partial openingof the sash and holding in this position by any suitable means.

1936, Serial N0. 84,441

The invention also contemplates the placing of a permanent window screenoverthe movable sash by aflixing the same to immovable parts of the.window frame.

In the old type of French window the window screen was required to beplaced inside which was unsightly and impractical in that it requiredopening the screen to change the adjustment of the window.

As before mentioned one. of the mostattractive features of the presentinvention is the small amount of work required to insert the window intoa wall opening. In usual practice a great amount of the construction ofa window is left to be finished after the casement is attached to thewall. In the present device all that need be done at the building siteis the insertion of a completed structure into a wall opening, caulkingthe space around the structure, and attaching inside and outsideretainers and trim. The small number of operations required verymaterially reduce. the danger of damage to the window as thoseoperations which are required are. extremely simple and do not requireany great amount of skill.

Referring now to Figures 1 and 2 the window is designed for insertioninto an opening left in the wall Ill. On the inner side of the wall I0is placed a strip. ll entirely around the window opening and plaster 12added to the level of the strip II. On the outside is placed a sheathing[3 over which any desired siding M such as stucco, or the like, isplaced. This is the condition of the 7 wall before the insertion of thewindow. As completed at the mill the window comprises a frame having atop piece I5,side pieces l6 and a sill ll. In this frame are insertedthe easements. The upper casement which is fixed has an upper cross bar18, a lower cross bar I9 of special construction, and opposite side bars20. The top bar 5 and side bars 20 are fixed in the window frame. On itsouter face. the upper casement structure has a recess formed for thereception of a pane of glass 2| which is held in the. recess by means ofputty or the like 22. On its inner face a deeper recess is provided toreceive the sub-frame 23 which carries the second window pane 24 holdingit by means of spring clips 25 or the like. The frame is held in thefixed structure by means of fixed pins 21 along its lower fixed edge,and spring pins'28 along its upper edge, each set of pins fitting intosuitable openings made in the fixed structure.

To hold the lower movable sash a block 29 is placed across the sill I1and serves to hold the 55 fixed side of the hinge 30. The movable sashthen includes the frame with a top bar 3!, bottom bar 32 and side bar33. As in the fixed upper sash the outer face of this frame is recessedto hold a window plane 34 by means of putty or the like 35, and theinner face is recessed to hold the removable window pane 36 carried. inthe frame 31 by means of these spring clips 38. Extending between theblock 29 and the lower bar l9 of thefixed sash isa fixedwindowscreenSSwhich completely covers the movable. sash. The screen is held in placeby means of the trim 40 around its outer edge.

The movable sash is weather stripped around its edges. At its upper edgethis weather stripping is accomplished by a fillister joint between thelower bar [9 of the fixed sash and the upper bar l3 of the movable sash.In the angle of the joint is placed the weather strip 4| completely toseal the upper edge when the window is closed. At its lower edge themovable sash is provided with a similar joint with the fixed block 29and a like'weather strip 4| is placed in this joint. At its oppositesides the lower sash fits into fillistered or rebated joints with theside strips 42 placed against the sides I6 of the window frame. In thejoint between the strips 42 and the sides 33 of the movable sash isplaced the weather strip 4| similar to the ones used at the upperand-lower edges of the sash.

The movable sash is held in closed position by means of the lock 43 onemember of which is fixed to the upper sash and the other to the lower ina well known manner.

On the window frame inside of the two sashes just described is placed atop retaining strip 44, a bottom retaining strip 45 of specialstructure, and opposite side retaining strips 46.

The structure of window described up to now is completely finished atthe mill and it is this Window which is carried to the building site forinsertion into a wall opening, When the window is to be inserted thesill I! is set on the the lower edge of the opening and the window swunginto position. At its outside the window is held in position by means ofthe stop 4'! across its upper edgel5, and opposite side stops 48extending over its side pieces l6 and the strips 42 of the lower sash.The sill I1 is secured at its outer edge by means of a strip 49 securedto the wall and fitting up inside a. groove running across the underside of the sill. The spaces between the casement frame and the wall arenow caulked with some suitable filling material 5B. After the caulkingoperation inner stops 5! are positioned around the edges of the frame tohold the window against inward movement. Around the edges of the stopsany suitable ornamental moulding 52 may be placed according to thedecorative effect desired. The bottom retainer 45 has a tongue thereonfor supporting an inner sill 53 which extends across the bottom of thewindow. The inner sill 53 is additionally supported by the cleat 5sfastened to the inside stop 5| across the bottom of the window.

On the outside of the wall an ornamental moulding 55 is usually placedto complete it for the sake of ornamenting the window. This strip .maybe placed before or after the window is inserted.

It will, therefore, be seen that the only operations required to attachthe window to its wall opening are those which involve only the simplesttype of carpentry. It is only necessary to secure certain stops, tocaulk the top, bottom and sides and complete the operation by placingfurther stops over the caulked joints and if desired add an ornamentalmoulding. There are in these operations no steps which involve handlingthe window insert itself so that the risk of damage to this member isvery slight. .In addition to that the insertion may bemade in theminimum of time and may be after all other building operations arecompleted.

The movable sash may now be adjusted to give any desired ventilatingeffect limited by the completely open position shown in dotted lines inFigure 1 and any desired means may be employed to hold the window inposition intermediate of this and the closed position. For cleaning thewindows the removable frames and inner panesv may be snapped out of thesash frames by pulling the removable frame which will cause the springbolts 28 to retract, the lower movable sash thus being completelyavailable on all four sides of its glass for cleaning operations. Thefixed sash has three sides of the glass available and the third sidemust be reached from without thebuilding. Of course it will beunderstood that in case such a course becomes desirable the upper sashmay be hingedly secured like the lower.

It is obvious that various changes and modificationsmay be made in thedetails of construction and design of the above specifically describedembodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of thefollowing claims. g

What is claimed is:

. 1. A window comprising a frame including upper, lower and oppositeside members, horizontal and vertical rabbeted strips secured to saidfirst members, a screen secured to the outer sides of said strips, 3,rabbeted sash frame engaging the rabbeted portion of said strips,means'hingedly securing said sash frame for inward swinging movement, anouter Window pane fixed to said sash frame, said sash frame having aninner rabbeted portion inwardly of said outer pane, a second sash frameengaging in the inner rabbeted portion of said sash frame, and meansremovably ,r'

securing said second sash frame in said inner rabbeted portion.

2. A window comprising a frame including upper lower and opposite sidemembers, horizontal and vertical rabbeted strips secured to said firstmembers, a screen secured to the outer sides of said strips, a rabbetedsash frame engaging the rabbeted portion of said strips, means hingedlysecuring said sash frame for inward swinging movement, an outer windowpane fixed to said 30 sash frame, said sash frame having an innerrabbeted portion inwardly of said outer pane, a second sash frameengaging in the inner rabbeted portion of said sash frame, meansremovably securing said second sash frame in said inner rabbetedportion, and yieldable means carried by said first sash frame in theinner rabbeted portion thereof engageable with said second sash frame.

JOHN L. SODERBERG.

